Arinaitwe is a small-scale farmer from Uganda who is married and a mother to seven children. Two children are small scale farmers and married and the rest are still in school studying. She and her husband both practice farming for a living.
Five years ago, Arinaitwe began to experience troubling symptoms, including difficulty swallowing and headaches. She was diagnosed with a goitre, an abnormal enlargement of the thyroid gland. She needs surgery to prevent her symptoms from getting worse.
Our medical partner, African Mission Healthcare Foundation, is helping Arinaitwe receive treatment. She is scheduled to undergo a thyroidectomy on May 22nd at our medical partner’s care center. Surgeons will remove all or part of her thyroid gland. This procedure will cost $264, and she and her family need help raising money.
Arinaitwe says: “I hope for a successful surgery and this will help me do well again on my farms.”